Michael Arrington Files Lawsuit Against The Woman Who Accused Him Of Rape

Yesterday,
TechCrunch
founder Michael
Arrington sued his ex-girlfriend, Jenn Allen, for defamation
and publication in a false light. He's seeking "general" and
"special damages" according to "proof." He also wants the cost of
the lawsuit covered and "any other relief the court deems just
and proper."

We've read all
of it and the evidence against Allen is hard to argue. There are
messages that show her instigating both playful and highly
emotional messages to Arrington after March 2012, the month Allen
said the alleged rape took place. Allen has yet to
publicly respond to Arrington's suit.

Here are the
highlights of the filing.

On March 29,
2013, Jenn Allen posted a statement on Facebook
that accused Arrington of physical and emotional abuse. Allen
alleged that Arrington "threatened to murder her if she told
anyone" about the way he treated her.

News of Allen's post quickly spread to media outlets, most
notably Gawker, which addressed Allen's post and did some further
research into the allegations. Allen responded multiple times on
the Gawker articles with messages that further blemished
Arrington's reputation.

In the message
to Chris, Allen mentions some sort of PowerPoint presentation
Arrington made that may address the allegations against him. (If
you know about it or have a copy, pleaselet us know
here.)

Allen also sent out the following messages on Twitter on April
11, the day Arrington's lawyer notified her of the potential
lawsuit. They imply that Arrington impregnated her at least once,
with one other false alarm:

"Rape the
first Friday of March 2012 in the early morning…in SF at the
Airport hotel," and "If you were raped twice in the 8 yrs by
Mike, in result pregnant twice by rape, one false pos preg, never
a lie, pls have empathy."

One day later, Allen changed the rape date in another Twitter
message:

A
message Allen sent on Twitter about Arrington, included in the
lawsuitScribd

"This is hard to look back on. Michael Arrington raped me Friday
March 30, 2012 @ 1:30 am near SFO; was there to talk about past."

There are a pile of "exhibits" and attachments that further
suggest Arrington's innocence, or at least show Allen is
extremely emotional. Some are written by friends of Arrington's
defending him, like Techmeme founder Gabe Rivera and former
TechCrunch CEO Heather Harde.

Others are damning messages Allen sent to Arrington via email,
Twitter and text message over the past year. One from July 2012
shows Allen emotional over a new relationship Arrington entered:

"You, Mike,
seem happy with the most boring arrogant fake personalities
person on the planet, who you treat the way I should have been
treated," Allen wrote.

Five months
ago, in October 2012, Allen sent Arrington a message asking how
he was doing. Arrington did not appear to respond.